Mosque

In Politics of Piety, Saba Mahmood does an amazing job at portraying the women’s mosque movement in Egypt in a new, less reductionistic light as opposed to the conventional approaches used by many scholars of feminism and theorists of agency. While Mahmood’s book revolves around these popular piety movements of the 90s, this book is much more than just an ethnographic inquiry; it is a scathing critique of secular liberal feminism, which has at times been exploited to serve imperial projects and…

specifically, Dailey reasons that the fears that Americans hold are irrational in that they cause a light to be shown on the entire Muslim community in response to the attacks of terrorism that occurred on September 11. Dailey mentions the “Ground Zero Mosque” which is very close to the site of the previous World Trade Center, “ the persecution of Muslim Americans takes many…

Christian churches with Islamic mosques, they were able to experiment with different architectural forums and new Islamic styles. One of the earliest Islamic mosques is the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. Afterward, many beautiful palaces, mosques and universities followed. In the end, the Islamic Empire became a city that was easy for traveling. There were numbers styles of buildings that flowed around with the mixture of Roman and Sasanian style. The architecture of the mosque is an iconic…

major religions at the time: Christianity and Islam. Much like how the church endured changes in its structure, its function changed multiple times. Within its lifetime, the great Hagia Sophia transitioned from a basilica of Christianity into a grand mosque, giving the building a great and unique history. From the beginning, the Hagia Sophia’s purpose was to be dedicated to God in the Christian faith. The Hagia Sophia remained a house of Christianity for more than nine hundred years. When…

Hagia Sofia vs. Al-Azhar Mosque In this writing i will compare two structures, Hagia Sophia which is in Istanbul,Turkey and Al-Azhar Mosque it is in Cairo,Egypt. Hagia Sophia was built by Byzantine Emperor Justinian in the old city center of Istanbul's historic peninsula between the years AD 532-537.Hagia Sophia is a masterpiece of Byzantine architecture although,is a structure that influence the synthesis of Pagan, Orthodox, Catholic and Islam.First and foremost , it has an…

small percentage of them are extremists. Without completely setting aside the treatment of Muslims, focus in on the accommodations America has made for Muslims. Strict rules on prayer and clothing in schools and workplaces, the vandalism of American mosques, and the lack of acceptance of Muslims in America, despite their growing population, shows that America does not accommodate Muslims well. There are five pillars of Islam, one of which is called Salat. Salat is five daily prayers at specific…

Some of my most important life goals are to be a programmer and start my own company and to be leader at my mosque. I have a lot of background experience that will be help me in my first goal. Since freshman year, I began to learn more about computers than just surfing the internet. I started learning to code on websites such as codeacademy.com. At my old school, where I studied for 9th and 10th grade, a computer science course was available. I took the class in 10th grade but our teacher…

“pilgrimage” to Mecca and the Kaaba the year of his death, which established the tradition of pilgrimage and gives Mecca and the Kaaba the religious power it holds today. The Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Spain is extremely similar to the Hagia Sophia in the way that they both were used by various cultures for various faiths, The Great Mosque of Cordoba just like the Hagia Sophia first served as a church and then was converted into a masque, both these structures still show the influences of the…

pleasure of visiting a mosque by the name of Bin Baz masjid. I spent some time with Imam Ali, through speaking with Imam Ali and attending the Islamic service I realized just how vast the differences are between Christianity and Islam. The differences that will be explored are the nature of god, the death of Jesus Christ and sin. When setting up the meeting with Imam Ali, I was instructed on how to dress by his wife. I was asked to dress modestly when entering the mosque. Imam Ali’s wife did…

If you pray in a mosque, men and women pray in separate lines, and everyone faces a niche in the wall called a mihrab. The mihrab faces Makkah. The mosques have beautiful art inside, but it can not depict living things. Instead, there are beautiful mosaics and tiles with intricate geometric patterns. If you do not pray at a mosque, or even if you do, you’ll hear the call to prayer 5 times a day. In this age, the call to prayer…